Archives - 02 May 2017, Tuesday

Check the fine print before you hit the road, and call the participating organization to make sure the offer is available when you want to be there. ”Free” is not always completely free. For example, a free meal doesn’t always come with a beverage, so be prepared to pay for your drink...

The Islamic State’s Wilayah Khorasan (or Khorasan province) claimed gains at the Taliban’s expense earlier today. The two sides clashed in the Chaparhar district of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, where they have fought each other repeatedly during the past two years. A “num...

WASHINGTON — Veterans unhappy with their benefits payouts have a five-year average wait today if they appeal the decision, thanks to outdated and cumbersome review process. House lawmakers are hopeful that soon they can take years off that wait. Members of the House Veterans’ Affairs ...

WASHINGTON – Citing continuing requirements changes that would mean giving ships a less-capable weapon than those carried by aircraft, Boeing said Tuesday it would drop out of a U.S. Navy effort to buy an over-the-horizon (OTH) cruise missile for littoral combat ships (LCS) and frigat...

WASHINGTON: Believe it or not, the global command responsible for getting weapons, fuel, and food to troops had, until recently, never used a war game for planning. Nor did Transportation Command factor into its plans the possibility that transport ships would be sunk and transport pl...

Editor's note: The following is a guest commentary by retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey. Combat in Vietnam produced vivid memories that are seared there forever. And when the veterans who fought in Vietnam returned home, they were mostly shunned by their fellow Americans. It hurt us t...

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In 1984, as the Cold War raged on the oceans of the world, the U.S. Naval Institute published Tom Clancy’s first and best novel, The Hunt for Red October . While the plot was fanciful (a defecting Soviet nuclear submarine), the backdrop was deadly serious. At that point in history, th...

WASHINGTON — North Korea's nuclear weapons development may be designed to take over archrival South Korea and coerce the United States into abandoning its close ally, a senior White House official said Tuesday, questioning the North's stated purpose of warding off a U.S. invasion. Rum...

WASHINGTON — Army secretary nominee Mark Green could withdraw his name from consideration from the Pentagon post as early as this week, according to sources speaking to CNN . If true, the news represents the latest major setback for President Donald Trump’s efforts to staff his Defens...

Constellation, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, has been training in Key West with three of her teammates as part of the Navy's Marine Mammal program, based in San Diego, reports WLRN . Constellation's job is vital — she and her dolphin teammates search for mines on the ocean floor and...

WASHINGTON — When U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January promising heightened scrutiny of defense acquisition programs, Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s top executives reassured investors about their relationship with Trump and the affordability of their products. Now it seems...

Vietnam veteran Dennis Matthews recently launched a non-profit organization to help veterans get dental care, reports the Daily Herald in Utah. New Smiles for Veterans began in November with the goal of getting dentists to “adopt” one veteran a month. The Department of Veterans Affair...

NATO Allies and Partners, together with representatives of the donors’ community, reaffirmed their long-term commitment to continue supporting the financial sustainment of the Afghan security forces, at the plenary meeting of the Afghan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund Board, today (Tue...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled the prospect of increased cooperation in Syria Tuesday, in what the White House called a "very good" phone discussion that included a focus on setting up safe zones in the war-torn nation. The White Hous...

WASHINGTON — A lawmaker has a hold on U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Air Force secretary, and legislators need to "work through" questions before she can receive a confirmation vote, according to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain. The delay marks the late...

WASHINGTON — Republicans insist the short-term budget deal brokered this weekend did more than just give them a path to avoid a government shutdown. They think it also gave them a blueprint for defense spending hikes in the future. Unsurprisingly, Democrats disagree. The $1.16 trillio...

SEOUL, South Korea — A contentious U.S. anti-missile system in southeastern South Korea is now operating and can now defend against North Korean missiles, a South Korean official said Tuesday. The Terminal High Altitude Defense system set up at a converted golf course in Seongju has "...

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Future soldiers may enter a battlefield alongside autonomous fighting vehicles on the ground and a "ghost fleet" of unmanned ships at sea, as swarms of miniature drones buzz overhead. All the while, commanders will analyze data from social networks to understand ...

The Russian Airborne Forces will receive over 300 combat vehicles BMD-4M and BTR-MDM by 2020, Commander Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov said. Artillery units and detachments will get over a hundred modern radar reconnaissance means, guns, mortars and antitank weapons while air defens...

As recent historical sieges have shown, they can become increasingly complex. A siege initiated from one side can result in a counter siege from your opponents. While the Croats held the Eastern part of Mostar under siege, the Bosnian Muslims started to besiege the Croatian enclaves a...

When the Indian Army Special Forces went inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to carry out the famous surgical strikes last September, they used the deadly made-in-Israel Tavor-21 and Galil assault rifles to eliminate the terrorists and Pakistan Army troops supporting them. However, next ...

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CAMP ETHAN ALLEN TRAINING SITE, Vt. (Army News Service) -- Mountain warfare can be unforgiving, and if a Soldier is ill-prepared, the mountains and rough terrain can become a terrible foe. That's according to Master Sgt. Nathan Chipman, the noncommissioned officer in charge of operati...

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For the first time since the Second World War Physical Training Instructors from the Army will graduate as Parachute Jump Instructors (PJIs) at Royal Air Force Brize Norton. Eight Physical Training Instructors from 16 Air Assault Brigade were selected from a shortlist of 12 to underta...

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Dropping bombs on target in Syria and Iraq during combat missions supporting Operation Inherent Resolve requires a complex array of information, including intelligence gathered well in advance of the combat sortie. Often times, this intelligence is gathered by coalition partners flyin...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on Tuesday (2 May 2017) at Palais d’Egmont to prepare for the meeting of NATO leaders in Brussels on 25 May. The Secretary General thanked Belgium for hosting the Alliance’s headquarters for 50 year...

The Army has a renewed focus on readiness, and rightly so. While the United States was engaged on two battlefields in Southwest Asia, unencumbered adversaries continued to modernize. Readiness is now the Army's number one priority, and for U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR), 2017 is the year ...

SAN ANTONIO — The top U.S. commander in Europe tasked with countering Russian aggression told lawmakers Tuesday that he envisions the need for an additional combat brigade and support troops in his theater of operations. Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, leader of U.S. European Command...

The Army has released photos captured by combat photographer Spc. Hilda Clayton showing a mortar tube explosion that claimed the lives of Clayton and four Afghan soldiers. Nearly four years ago, on July 2, 2013, Afghan soldiers were conducting a live-fire training exercise in Qaraghah...

A mountain in Merrimack County, N.H. III The third Kearsarge (CV-33) was launched 5 May 1945 by the New York Naval Shipyard, New York; sponsored by Mrs. Aubrey W. Fitch; and commissioned 2 March 1946, Captain Francis J. McKenna in command. Kearsarge arrived at her homeport Norfolk 21 ...